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A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Heifer. YEAS AlfD NAYS. Affirmative and negative votes. The power ot calling for the yeas and nays in legislative bodies is given by the various constitutions, and by municipal charters. " The Yeas and Kays of the Members of either ' 3 Bl. Com. 140. 2 3 Bl. Com. 143. ' 3 Bl. Com. 143, 380, 270; 4 Kent, 86; 5 Mass. 419; 1 N. H. 350, infra. > See Mass. Eev. St. 183'i; Be Gay, 5 Mass. 419(1809); S Chase. Ohio Sts,, 1185; North. Bank of Kentucky v. Roosa, 13 Ohio, 361 (1844); Brewster v. Hill, 1 N. H. 360 (1818); Flannery v. Rohrmayer, 49 Conn. 28 (1881). House on any question shall, at the Desire ot one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal," ' q. u. The restriction of a call to one fifth is founded upon the necessity of preventing too frequent a recurrence to this mode of ascertaining the votes at the mere caprice of an individual,' In eight States the yeas and nays are always to be entered on the journal; in three at the request of any member; in three others at the request of three members, and in ten by request ot two members, in either house; in nine at the request of one-fifth of the members present, and in three, one-tenth; in Georgia, when the constitution requii'es a two-thirds vote; in Michigan, at the request of one-fifth of the members elected, and in Wisconsin, one-sixth of those present.' See Entry, II, 6.